Comchinko
A downloadable game
Too old to keep up with fast shooters? Too bored to replay the same type of reskinned flip screen platformer over and over again? Can’t be bothered to read a six page manual? Too AI degraded to solve puzzle games or struck down by tendonitis by jerking your joystick too hard.
Comchinko may be just the right game for you. Just push a button to let your balls drop and see chaos ensue and numbers go up – or just sit there and see the balls drop all by themselves if even this is to much bother.
Basic controls:
Joystick button or [space] to drop the ball
Joystick up or [stop] to end the game
Joystick down or [return] to open the achievements
Joystick left/right change feeder direction
Joystick direction or cursor keys to select an upgrade
The game has three modes:
Infinite let’s you play without limits until your C64 runs out of bits to record your score
Highscore modes challenge you with limited number of balls or minutes
Achievement mode offers more than 100 different achievements to collect, with more achievements granting you more balls in the next round.
Game mode and disk drive are selected on the intro screen.
Use left/right to select the drive for the highscore / achievements and the button to load the file. Highscores and achievements will be saved when a drive is selected and a game ends.
Colored balls and pegs have special effects when colliding:
Blue : duplicate ball
Yellow : increase ball value
Orange : bump pocket bonus multiplier
Purple : increase pocket value
Green : increase global bonus multiplier
Destroyed pegs can become stars for a short time. Stars have a disproportionate effect on the score achieved and are thus the ultimate in pushing the numbers up.
The game was developed for PAL C64 but has been tested on NTSC models as well.
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Very nice game with fluid ball movement that reminded us a lot of "Peggle". Our German-language review can be found at 03:32:20. English subtitles are also available. Subscription to our YouTube and Twitch channel is welcome. 🙂
cool chill game ty
Great game and great technically, but I've noticed that hitting RESTORE gives you trillions of points in Achievement Mode, making those achievements trivial :P
A good and interesting game. I added it to my video along with other games released in June.
We'd love to publish! Drop us a message (hello @ thalamusdigital.co.uk)
very good
Nice !
Great game, thanks.
Cool "game", really impressive tech!
Really impressive ! I guesss it's written using your devkit OSCAR64 ?
The Oscar64 compiler helps me build the games - and building the games helps me improve the compiler - so a self reinforcing cycle
Wow, that's like these old arcades back in Japan I think. :3 Quite fun to just have that doodling along and see what happens! Thanks for making this!
Neat original take on the classic Chinko game. The sound effects of the ball being released is amusing. The game itself is great fun, especially with all the bonus options the player can take to enhance the game even more. Well done.
1.240.847.574 points in 1K mode. I am flabbergasted at how fun this game is.
But what are the flashes? Or the diamonds? How does the green multiplier work? How much do the wall targets yield? So many questions.
I've had one game where the center pocket went from 2500 points to 2100. What does that mean?
Such an amazing idea again, I've loved every minute I've spent so far. Can't wait to see what else is in store.
I left it running (thought it was paused - it wasn't) and when I came back 2 hrs later I had 11,000,000 !! Finally a game I'm really good at :) (although when I pick up the joystick and play I seem to slow the progress a little lol)
Wow I love this - well done!
Neat ;)
Excellent game
Nice game!
Can't wait to play this on my Callback!
nice, seems having a Inspiration from Orbix for the C64 :-)
This is kinda... Addictive... ;-)